15- On the outside

"Good afternoon, Karlie and.. miss Swift." Josh says politely.

"What are you doing here?" Karlie asks quickly, feeling Taylor's questioning eyes boring into her skull.


"Well, the boss send me." Josh says, sitting down on the red leather couch in the middle of the room. "To.. you know, keep an eye on miss Swift and well.. you."

"I don't think that will be necessary." Taylor says then, speaking up for the first time. "Karlie has told me all about her training and since she is the best agent in the company, I think she can keep an eye on me just fine."

Josh lets out a laugh as he smiles up at the famous singer from the couch he's sitting on. "You see miss Swift," He starts, averting his gaze from both Taylor and Karlie's eyes. "Miss Kloss here might've not told you everything. She and this other client were.. romantically involved with one another a couple of years ago. She-"

"Karlie has told me all of that." Taylor says, stepping forward towards Josh and looking him strictly in the eye. "But you don't have to worry, there is.. nothing romantic going on between me and," She points at the green eyed secret agent and looks into her eyes shortly. "Her."

"Our boss seems to think otherwise, miss Swift. You have to understand that our agency only wants the best for you. We need to keep you safe, and to keep you as safe as we can we need to make sure there are no bumps in the road."

"Well, no bumps here." Taylor says, narrowing her eyes at this Josh guy she already hates.

"Good." Josh says, getting up from the couch with that same sly smile on his face. "Then there shouldn't be a problem with me staying here for a while."

Karlie struggles to contain the gulp coming out of her throat but does so eventually. Taylor and her share a panicked look as Josh walks over to the kitchen. "Just, don't mind me here ladies. Pretend like i'm not here."

Taylor sighs deeply, her good thoughts and expectations for the next couple of days flying right out of the window. Karlie and her were finally talking again. All their real feelings were admitted and now they had to pretent like there was nothing romantic or even friendly going on between them.

"We don't have a spare room." Karlie comments dryly, following Josh into the kitchen. "So you're gonna have to sleep on the couch.

"Oh, I thought there were two rooms." Josh says nonchalantly, opening the fridge.

"There are." Karlie says, crossing two arms over her chest. "One for Taylor. One for me."



"Oh I see, you're not even sharing." Josh says, a tiny smirk on his face as he grabs a bottle of soda and closes the fridge again.


"Listen Josh, I like you. You're a nice guy-"


"Well I hope so, we dated for a while. Don't think you would've done that otherwise. But then again, I think your interests might have changed a bit."

Karlie swings forward and grabs Josh's arm roughly. "Listen asshole, you're not gonna ruin anything here! Just that you know. Taylor and I are nothing more than.. friends or well, business partners. It is my job to protect her so you're not gonna stick that big nose of yours in any of my business. Understood?"

Josh looks a bit surprised by his colleague's sudden outburst but composes himself quickly. "Yes, Kloss. Im only doing my job too, okay?" He says annoyedly, shaking his arm out of her hold.



"Good. Stick to your own stuff then." She says, storming out of the kitchen a second later, seeing that Taylor is standing in the doorframe with two wide eyes. "Lets go for a walk. Please?" Karlie asks, already storming past the singer and putting her leather jacket on. Taylor follows the secret agent and puts her own coat on too, brushing a hand through her bleached blonde hair as she looks at Karlie expectingly.

"Come on." Karlie says, looking back to see that Josh is staring at the pair. 



"I.. I actually have to follow you guys to make sure miss Swift is saf-" Josh starts before he's roughly interrupted.

"Shut the fuck up and go read a book or something! She's safe enough with me and you know it."

Josh is quiet after that and lets the pair get out of the apartment without another word. As soon as Taylor closes the front door behind her, she takes Karlie's hand in hers. The two women make their way out of the large building before eventually ending up in some kind of small park at the edge of the city centre.

"Im sorry I got so angry at him. I didn't really want you to see that." Karlie says as the two of them sit down on a metal bench in the park.

 "Its okay. I was pretty angry too, just didn't wanna show that to him." Taylor says, tracing patterns on the other girl's hand with her thumb. The sun was shining brightly through the green tree's in the small park. There were a few people walking around here and there but Karlie didn't expect anyone to recognise the famous singer with her new hair color and a pair of dark ray bans on her nose.

"And i'm sorry I said there was nothing romantic going on between us." Taylor says shyly, laying her head on Karlie's shoulder. "I just don't want you to get in trouble."

"I get that. I said it too, no worries Tay." Karlie says calmly, kissing the top of the singer's head.

"So you'd say there is something romantic going on between us then?" Taylor asks, glad Karlie cant see her face right now as it must be bright red. 

"I.. ehm.. I think so yeah." Karlie mumbles. "Right?"


Taylor smiles at Karlie's awkwardness. "Right." She says, lifting her head up from Karlie's shoulder. "Karlie, would you like to be my girlfriend?" She asks then, a boost of confidence suddenly running through her system.


Karlie's green eyes widen and her eyebrows raise. "I.. I.. you mean.. like right now? Are you asking me to be your girlfriend?" She asks, her voice pitched slightly higher than normally. 



"Yep." Taylor says, smiling at the nervous mess that is Karlie Kloss. "I don't want to lose you again Karlie. I know its going to be hard and tough. But I cant ever lose you again."



"But.. what about Josh?" Karlie asks, him being the first thing coming to her mind in a panic.



"Well were just going to have to pretend like were.. business partners or something. I think we can do that. And then when all of this will be over, we could be.. we could maybe be together in like a normal way. You know like a normal.. couple?" Taylor explains, digging into her brain to make sure it all comes out right.


"Hmm." Karlie mumbles. "You think we could ever be that?"

"What?"

"A normal couple." Karlie says, some bitterness latched into her voice.


"I.. I think so. I mean i'm a singer in the spotlights and you're a secret agent, of course thats never going to be as normal as the average american citizen. But i'm sure we can work it out." Taylor says, staring into Karlie's green, doubting orbs. "What we have right now. The things we do. They're normal too." Taylor adds with a small smile on her lips.


"Im scared Taylor."

"For what?"

"Your safety." Karlie whispers, sadness suddenly washing over her like a big wave of emotions. "Im so scared something will happen to you.. like it did with.."

"Toni." Taylor says, understandingly. The singer wraps an arm around the agent and pulls her closer.

"Maybe I was thinking a bit too fast." She says softly. "Lets just see where this goes." She says, pointing at both herself and Karlie. "I do want you to know however Karls.. I don't mean anything ill say about you to that Josh guy. Okay?"

"Okay."

"So were just gonna see where this goes then?" Taylor says, a smile on her face as she once more looks into Karlie's eyes. "No rush."

Karlie softly nods her head and smiles back at the beautiful woman sitting next to her. "One day, Taylor Swift, one day we will be together without any trouble."

"I doubt that." Taylor says seriously.

Karlie shoots her a confused look.

"You're kind of a difficult bitch to be with you know?" Taylor says then, a smile breaking onto her face as she lets out a loud laugh at Karlie's surprised face. 


"Fuck you!" Karlie says, laughing as she playfully pushes the singer away. Taylor keeps on laughing and pushes the secret agent back bashfully.


Karlie's eyes shoot down towards the singer's lips as she feels Taylor's blue orbs stare into hers. Taylor leans forward slightly, the two women can feel one another breath's on their lips. "Not here." Taylor whispers, looking down at Karlie's lips.


Karlie moves herself back and lets out a sigh. "This is going to be a hard couple of weeks." She says, smiling at the blonde beside her.


"Lets hope that Josh will leave soon so that we can just be.. together." Taylor says, smiling back at the green eyed woman.

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"Ugghhh.." Taylor sighs. "I hate how he keeps on calling me 'miss Swift' all the time. Ive told him like 100 times that its just Taylor." The superstar is pacing around the living room while complaining about her second, very unnecessary protector.

Karlie lets out a laugh at her annoyed.. friend.. girlfriend.. ehm.. yeah.. friend?


"He's just being professional, thats all." She says, taking Taylor's hands in hers and pulling her closer towards her.


"Well he can quit playing that act. He has been with us for over a month now." Taylor says, rambling on about Josh.


"I have good news." Karlie says, a smile on her face as she looks at Taylor, ignoring the annoyed comments Taylor is ranting on about. The singer's eyes widen at that, already hoping for the guy to leave.


"Two more weeks and he will be leaving for another project." Karlie says, not able to contain her happiness and smiling widely.


"Really?! Thats great!" Taylor shouts, jumping up and down happily. "So will we finally be moving from this shitty place also?" The three have stayed in a tiny place in Poland for about three weeks now.

"Yep." Karlie smiles. "Were going to Croatia. Just the two of us."

"OH my GOSH! Karlie, thats amazing." Taylor shrieks. "Plus, Croatia is warm and nice and yes! YES!"

"I know! Its great Tay."

Taylor practically jumps forward then and captures Karlie's lips with hers. Karlie is startled at first but quickly reciprocates the kiss seconds later. She feels Taylor pushing her backwards until the back of her legs hit the couch. She is being pushed down by the singer and happily holds onto her as they plop down on the couch. Their lips move in sync as they lay there, kissing each other like its their last minutes on this planet.


"He could be.. here any.. minute." Karlie mumbles as Taylor moves to her neck and softly sucks and bites her way to the younger woman's collarbone. 

"I know." She mumbles against her skin.

"Like any, minute.." Karlie breathes out, enjoying Taylor's hot lips on her skin way too much. "He said he would only be gone for.. like.. 15 minutes.." She sighs, holding onto the singer tightly.

"Relax." Taylor hums as she moves back to Karlie's lips and softly bites down on her lower one. Karlie sighs in frustration and gives in, kissing the older woman back once more. The sound of keys going into a door-lock makes both girls sit up quickly however. Taylor jumps up from the couch, as Karlie sits there, still in shock.

The superstar walks to the kitchen and winks at the secret agent one more time before disappearing around the corner. The front door opens and a very delighted Josh is standing in the doorway. 

"Karlie, I've found coca-cola. Turns out the do have it here!"

Josh and Karlie had become a little friendlier to one another again since they have spent more than a month together now. They had never been enemies. They had always stayed friendly over the past. So why not now?

"Ohh.. ehmm.. nice." Karlie says, still slightly out of breath from her intense make out session with the famous singer.

"Oh, hi guys." Taylor says nonchalantly as she walks out of the kitchen with a sandwich in her hands.

"Hi miss Swift. Everything good?" Josh asks, walking past her as her places his bottles of coke in the fridge. 



"Everything great." Taylor responds cheekily, looking at Karlie with a grin on her face. Karlie cant help but smile back until Taylor suddenly walks by and points at her neck. 

"A scarf will do." The singer whispers as she walks by and disappears into her room. Karlie lets out a loud breath and quickly disappears into her own room. 

A blue coloured hickey is staring right back at her as she looks into the mirror. 

"Taylor Swift.." She mumbles. "What are you doing to me?"

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A/N

Hellooooo, how are ya guysss? So things are starting to brighten up huh?

Hope ya'll don't mind the inconsistent uploading. Im writing a new (CAMREN) story and I need some time and focus to do that. Also, I still have to finish my other Kaylor fic, Growl.

More soon!

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